Community Service Programs

Fifth-graders from Hoover visit Southwestern, where they witness a staged robbery and then serve as prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, witnesses, and jurors alongside Southwestern students in a criminal trial

Provides training designed to help new attorneys build a successful and sustainable practice.

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Southwestern has a deep commitment to public service. Its administrators, deans, professors and students all work to serve our surrounding community in various ways. We partner with local universities, colleges, community colleges, high schools, middle schools and even elementary schools to disseminate knowledge of the legal system to their students. We help under-served and underprivileged people complete their tax returns. We travel to outlying areas to bring legal assistance to those in need by partnering with OneJustice and their Justice Bus™ program. We seek to prevent homelessness. And we assist with those who need help navigating Small Claims court.

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Southwestern Law School is approved by the American Bar Association (Council of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, 312-988-6738) and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.